Comments on: Can we stop being so defensive about the tools we use?

By: 40deuce

40deuce — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:23:29 +0000

I completely agree that twitter is not for everyone and that us users don’t have to rage everytime someone says something remotely bad about it. I have a ton of friends that are just starting to use it and many of them always say “I don’t get it.” I tell them that they have to just experiment until they find a way to make it work for them. Of course that’s not always the case. I have some friends who I will straight up tell that there’s really nothing in it for them and there’s no real reason for them to be on it.
I found a way to make twitter work for me and I’m happy with that, but I’m not everyone and I can’t promise the same results for everyone.

By: Brent Billock

Brent Billock — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:33:58 +0000

What’s ludicrous is to dismiss an entire medium because of your perception of the quality of information it has to offer.

I get some pretty ridiculous, useless phone calls, but I’m not throwing away my telephone (yet).

By: Chris Luckhardt

Chris Luckhardt — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:18:58 +0000

I viewed her piece as a traditional criticism of new ideas and technologies, with Twitter as the current scapegoat. Defending Twitter itself seems foolish, but defending the idea of enhanced communication, regardless of the tools use, is a good idea.

By: Parker

Parker — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:45:51 +0000

C’mon, Tamera – rising up with snarky anger to defend something they love is something internet users do best!

By: Alistair Morton

Alistair Morton — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:38:01 +0000

Okay. Seriously.

If I was to get my knickers in a twist over everyone who questions the technologies I use in a day to day work environment the first people I would have to castigate, would be my parents…

Instead I have chosen to keep my parents around for a multitude of other reasons.

Lets move on here… gah.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:22:04 +0000

I’ll just repeat what i said yesterday. I don’t think you can have an informed opinion particularly on new communication platforms with out using it for a while. The dynamics understood by experience…

And as for not having the time – if she’s writing an article (vs. having a chat with her friends over dinner) i would suggest it’s her JOB to use it for a while. So i just think she did her job poorly.

It has nothing to do with defending Twitter.

(oh and ps. when i wrote my comment last night that i would being ok after she used it to say it was dumb – i had about 8 people unsubscribe from my Twitter feed….so i do think the Twitter crowd is a bit over the top as you state – i just don’t happen to be in the “pple can’t have differing opinions” camp – i just would prefer those differing opinions were based on something meaningful – like actually using the product for a while :)

By: rob tyrie

rob tyrie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:41:56 +0000

As to why he probably didn’t respond to @pwente. She had no avatar, no short profile, no web link and a few messages. I’d venture that the message looked a lot like spam. Of course, I am also not in the “when the media calls you, you just jump” camp. I agree that twitter isn’t the be all and end all of media. It’s interesting and popular right now. Above all, I think that Wente did her job, People are reading and thinking. Thanks for your post. Rt

By: Peter Flaschner

Peter Flaschner — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:41:55 +0000

I think the issue for some, is that Twitter has become internalized as a part of our identity. When we see it misrepresented in main stream media, we react so negatively because we feel *we* are being misrepresented to our friends and families.

BTW, I’m not suggesting it’s either good or bad that this internalization has happened. But it certainly has.